Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Madison Faile
Acrylic Painting for Beginners with Madison Faile
Wednesday, 10:15 am - 12:15 pm
$125 for 4 consecutive classes
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Unlock your artistic potential in this hands-on, beginner-friendly acrylic painting class! Over four weeks, you'll explore essential tools, techniques, and creative concepts to build confidence and skill in acrylic painting.
Week 1: Tools & Materials – Get familiar with acrylic supplies, from paints and brushes to palettes and substrates. Experiment with different tools to understand their impact on your work.
Week 2: Basic Techniques – Learn fundamental painting techniques, including wet-on-wet, layering, glazing, and dry brush effects. Have fun exploring splatter and drip techniques!
Week 3: Color Theory – Master the color wheel, warm vs. cool tones, and color schemes like complementary and analogous. Practice mixing colors to create depth and harmony.
Week 4: Composition – Discover composition principles such as the “golden rectangle” and contrast vs. harmony. Apply these concepts to transform a photo into a well-balanced painting.
Each week includes a guided painting project to reinforce what you've learned. Whether you're a total beginner or looking to refine your skills, this class offers a supportive space to create, explore, and have fun with acrylics!
Let’s paint something amazing together!
Supply List (click on linked items to add them to you cart)
- Abstract Acrylic Paints (heavy body only, no liquid or fluid acrylic)
- Primary Palette (mandatory)
- Ivory Black
- Titanium White
- Ultramarine Blue
- Vermillion or Cadmium Red
- Cadmium Yellow Lemon Hue
- Yellow Ochre
- Secondary Palette (optional)
- Venetian Pink
- Payne’s Gray
- Sap Green
- Titan Buff
- Raw Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Chinese Orange
- Stiff Bristle paint brushes, like Princeton Real Value Set #9148
- Palette knife (like RGM #6)
- Paper towels
- Disposable palette (Grey Matters)
- Water cup
- Spray bottle
- Canvas sizes, no smaller than 10” x 10”, preferably square or canvas paper
- Golden Retarder (Acrylic Medium)
- An open mind and a sense of humor
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